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Concerned with Carb Intake
Recently, I've changed up my eating habits to incorporate more fruits and veggies everyday. Usually I end up having three servings of each per day (3 fruits, 3 veggies) I am concerned that the carbs from the fruit may counteract any sort of progress I am making with my weight loss (I haven't lost anything yet, but Im still…
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Not losing-What else can I do?
I'm not seeing ANY results and I'm wondering if I need to change things up a bit. BACKGROUND INFO: For the past three years, I've done 30-45 minutes of cardio 3x a week and did weights 1-2x a week. My caloric intake was usually never more than 1300 calories, but I wasn't always choosing the best foods. I didn't have any…
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Healthy Carbs
Is there such thing as "healthy" carbs? It seems for so long the "new thing" is to avoid carbs and restrict them in all possible cases. What about carbs from fruit? Are these bad as well? I've increased my fruit and vegetable intake and with that my carb count has increased, as well. I do not want this to counteract any…
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Staying Motivated in a Tropical Storm?
I'm in Florida and we have a "little storm" over us at the moment, so I'm frustrated as I have no power (using cell phone) and cannot go anywhere. Out of boredom, I've been eating junk (Cheetos, sweet tea and yogurt covered raisins) and I feel like it's such a setback given that I just started MFP a week or so ago....ARGH!…
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Not enough calories?
I've been having this problem for quite some time. I cannot seem to get enough calories in each day. And I swear with my water consumption and eating all day to stay full, I cannot think of any way to get those calories in without it being "junk." Part of the issue is not being able to log my food in until the end of the…
